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Shamil Idriss, 2017 Featured Speaker Shamil Idriss is President and CEO of Search for Common Ground, a global conflict transformation organization with offices in 35 countries. Prior to this position he was appointed Deputy Director of the UN Alliance of Civilizations by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, served as Senior Advisor at the World Economic Forum and was a member of the Steering Committee of the Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders. As CEO of Soliya from 2008-2014, Mr. Idriss led a campaign
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Seanna HewittI graduated from PLU in the spring of 2014 with majors in Biology and Hispanic Studies. A semester away in Oaxaca, Mexico led me to recognize my interest in promoting food security, and greatly influenced the avenue I took for my graduate career. I am now beginning my fourth year in the Molecular Plant Sciences PhD program at Washington State University, where I am studying the genetics and physiology of fruit ripening. As part of my thesis project, I am developing a set of
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Joanne Lisosky, Fulbright All-Star Posted by: Todd / February 5, 2014 February 5, 2014 With two Fulbright trips under her belt and an appointment as peer reviewer underway, Communication Professor Joanne Lisosky just can’t get enough. Professor Joanne M. Lisosky has been awarded with two Fulbright awards, completing programs –in 2003 in Kampala, Uganda at Makerere University and 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan at Baku Slavic University. Now, Lisosky is amidst a three-year term reviewing applications
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PLU wins Pan-American Debating Championships Posted by: Todd / March 16, 2017 March 16, 2017 PLU returned victorious from the Pan-American Debating Championships March 10-12 at the University of La Verne in Pomona, Calif., where debaters from universities nationwide and more than nine different countries gathered for divisions in English and Spanish Worlds Style debate. In a difficult final round against Cornell University and University of Denver, Pacific Lutheran University seniors Kate Hall
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Justin Huertas’ “Semi-Autobiographical” Musical Premieres at the Seattle Repertory Theatre Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / April 27, 2015 Image: Justin Huertas and William A. Williams in Lizard Boy. Photo: Alabastro Photography. April 27, 2015 By By Matthew Salzano ’18 PLU Marketing & CommunicationsOrdinarily, it takes many years for a Theatre Major to earn the opportunity to write, compose or star in a high-profile musical production. However, one Lute is dramatically defying that expectation
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February 17, 2010 Sports brings the world to PLU – The Wang Center Symposium By Barbara Clements International sports will be on everyone’s mind as first the Winter Olympics wraps up in Vancouver BC next week, which will be followed a month later by the Paralympics in March. Tucked in between these two events, PLU will host the 2010 Wang Center International Symposium on March 4 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center and on the PLU campus. The event will feature numerous international thinkers
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September 24, 2014 PLU Professor/Olympic Coach Colleen Hacker is 1st Female Recipient of Prestigious International Applied Sport Psychology Award By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr. Colleen Hacker, PLU Professor of Kinesiology and five-time Olympic coach, has been selected to receive the prestigious Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Distinguished Professional Practice Award. There have been only six previous recipients of this award since its inception in
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Tenor Noah Baetge ’08 Makes His Eleventh Appearance at The Met Posted by: Zach Powers / October 23, 2015 Image: [Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation License] October 23, 2015 By Evan Heringer '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 23, 2015)- While many students are cranking away on midterms, one Lute’s voice is being heard loud and clear at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Noah Baetge ’08 is making his eleventh appearance on stage at the Met Opera
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About the Global Community Brian (Senior Student, Former Resident of the International Honors [IHON] Wing) “I love the International Honors Hall because, without paying for a plane ticket, I could visit other cultures and learn how big the world really is.” Global Experience, Local Address.The Global Community serves as the hub of international and global engagement education at PLU. The community is home to a variety of students coming from near and far. Whether you are enrolled in a global
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Witness UgandaA Docu-Musical on the Complexities of CaringBy Matt Gould & Griffin MatthewsThe 4th biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial event took place March 6, 2019 in the Chris Knutzen Hall of the Anderson University Center at Pacific Lutheran University. Departing from a lecture format, the event featured a concert version of selections from the award-winning docu-musical Witness Uganda, written and composed by former Peace Corps volunteer, Matt Gould, and actor and co-founder of the
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